Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. (Eugene O'Neil)

March 2009

March 25, 2009

All of us are looking forward to a special weekend of events in celebration of our 7th Anniversary as a church! I hope you will invite family and friends as well, especially those who do not have a personal relationship with Christ or who are otherwise not connected to a local church, to attend some or all of the events with you. For your convenience, I've listed them below. I look forward to celebrating with you!

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7th Anniversary Schedule of Events

1. “Worship Together Live”

Friday (March 27) 7-9:30 pm at Mosaic

Let's have a big turnout for the singers and musicians coming from Nashville to lead us before the throne in a wonderful, extended night of worship! This live concert will feature some of the country’s most respected worship leaders and songwriters including Tim Hughes (Here I Am to Worship, Beautiful One, Everything) and Brenton Brown (Come Now Is the Time to, Hungry, Lord Reign in Me). Invite your family and friends to this free event sponsored in part by World Vision; and visit WLT for more information!

As part of our ongoing effort to catalyze the movement toward multi-ethnic churches throughout the United States and beyond, we will again be hosting a group of church planters and pastors throughout the weekend who are coming to learn from and to see us in action! This group will include denominational leaders from the Evangelical Free Churches of America (EFCA) who will be conducting the denomination's first multi-ethnic church planting boot-camp from May 18 - 22 in Knoxville, TN!

3. Worship ServicesSunday, March 29 (9:00 / 10:45 am)

Both services will feature special music by the choir, a message form Mark DeYmaz and visit by special guest, Pastor Harold Nash (Fellowship Bible Church in NLR), who is coming to share a brief word of reflection and encouragement! Harold was a teaching pastor at Mosaic throughout the first five years of our journey. And by the way, we'll have a little gift for everyone as you leave that morning!4. Special OfferingsSundays, March 15 - April 8 (9:00 / 10:45 am)

Join in sacrificial giving (over and above what you consistently give to the General Fund) to help match or beat a recent $25,000 gift from one of our members! Offering baskets will be passed in these services to receive your sacrificial gifts in this season.

March 18, 2009

Subscribers to Glue know that I am currently writing a new book on the subject of the multi-ethnic church. Harry Li, my colleague of nearly seven years, is also contributing to the book which is due out in April 2010. The book is being published by Leadership Network/Zondervan. It will address day to day obstacles that must be overcome in purusit of the multi-ethnic vision.

With the manuscript due to the publisher on May 1, my regular posts on Glue will be sporadic until then. In the meantime, I invite you to keep up with me daily on Twitter.